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You know what's really mind-boggling: the fact that Australian Aborigines have successfully kept an accurate record of multiple Geological events for 40,000 yea
by fit2rule 6y ago
You know what's really mind-boggling: the fact that Australian Aborigines have successfully kept an accurate record of multiple Geological events for 40,000 years - by way of oral tradition.
I think the fact this is unrecognised in educated circles is also staggering...
- dmurray 6y agoAccurate, but maybe not precise.
- mrow84 6y agoPrecision is bounded by the channel capacity. The advance was an intellectual one - that there is value in maintaining an accurate record.
- fit2rule 6y agoActually, pretty good for what they described happening to the land around them: https://www.sapiens.org/language/oral-tradition/ https://www.sapiens.org/language/oral-tradition/
- kqr 6y agoThis is incredible. Absolutely stunning. Thank you for bringing it up and the link below.